Gov. Doug Ducey will have an unprecedented opportunity to stack the Arizona Supreme Court with his own appointments before his first term is halfway finished after signing legislation adding two new justices to the bench.

A grand bargain that the Arizona Supreme Court hoped to strike over the proposed addition of two new justices never materialized as lawmakers approved the court’s expansion in exchange for more modest gains.

Arizona courts won’t get a million dollars in funding for new probation officers unless Republican legislative leaders get their way and add two new justices to the state Supreme Court under the budget to be introduced today.

Judge won’t delay decision on school funding A judge won't delay deciding whether the state is violating constitutional requirements to adequately fund school capital needs while lawmakers decide what -- if anything -- they are going to do about the problem.February 21, 2018 , 5:59 pm